Historical Jesus, Biblical Jesus

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Dude here is the cold hard truth.

All historians can actually say about Jesus can be summed up in the following.

"There was a Jesus whom many considered to be a Christ. He was crucified at the hand of Pontius Pilate circa CE 33." 

Period. End of discussion. that's all folks!

OK, if that's what you think. But I don't think it happened quite that way, is all. What historians have you been reading?  I haven't read a historian who presented the subject of historical Jesus quite like you do. 

Despite I no longer practice, you are speaking to an historian. It's in my profile.

My position here and elsewhere has always been to apply the historical methodology of argument to the best explanation. The best explanation as to why we have the gospels, letters, Tacitus, Josephus, Pliny the Younger etc. is that a man named Jesus, regarded as a Christ by many, was crucified by Pilate circa CE 33. That is the only common denominator that can be cross referenced between all historical data. Everything else can be taken with a grain of salt, and/or dismissed wholesale, therefore I suggest you refrain from using the Gospels as though they represent actual history, since the only thing common in them with exterior sources is the crucifixion of this Jesus.

Ancient history can never be proven conclusively. It all comes down to what each of us accepts as being the closest approximation of the truth based upon available evidence.

You will notice varying opinions here, and disagreements en masse.